Pharisees - Wikipedia Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism Although the group no longer exists, their traditions are of great importance for the manifold Jewish religious movements
Pharisees, Sadducees Essenes - Jewish Virtual Library Of the various factions that emerged under Hasmonean rule, three are of particular interest: the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes The most important of the three were the Pharisees because they are the spiritual fathers of modern Judaism
Pharisaic - definition of pharisaic by The Free Dictionary 1 of or pertaining to the Pharisees 2 (l c ) practicing or advocating strict observance of external forms and ceremonies of religion or conduct without regard to the spirit; self-righteous; sanctimonious; hypocritical [1610–20; < Late Latin Pharīsaicus < Greek Pharīsaikós See Pharisee, -ic]
pharisaic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary From Latin Pharisaicus, from Ancient Greek Φαρισαϊκός (Pharisaïkós), equivalent to Pharisee + -ic [1] pharisaic (comparative more pharisaic, superlative most pharisaic) Of or pertaining to the Pharisees